Wilson v. Riggs

Since the engagement was canceled by mutual consent, the principle applies that the ring was given and received upon the condition subsequent that it would be returned if the parties did not wed without the fault of either. It cannot be said that any so-called cancellation by mutual consent had the effect of abrogating the condition Upon which the ring was held.

It would not appear that principles of law which are used in the interpretation of business contracts, where the minds of the parties naturally contemplate all the attributes attached to such a contract, should be applied to a mutual…